Fall of Bucharest Reported as Central Powers Advance
The latest German and Austrian led push captures Bucharest and four Entente capitals in succession. Allied capitals doubt Bucharest can be saved while Russian efforts to disrupt Teuton lines stall. News notes battles near Bar leaux and Kronstadt and reports on shipbuilding, food costs, and political upheaval in the US and Europe.
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Bucharest
Ploedhti
von Mackensen
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Transylvania
Russia
Speculators in Control of Rising Prices In U S
Washington officials say price hikes for basic goods are partly due to speculative combinations. A coal price manipulation case dubbed the coal corner drew focus as investigators assess criminal conduct and possible federal prosecutions. Attorney Anderson leads data gathering and may tour Chicago Detroit Kansas City and other cities.
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Washington
Boston
New York
Kansas City
United States
Anderson
Departments of Justice, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Minneapolis
American slain in Parral amid Villa bandit assault
A telegram from El Paso reports Howard Gray an American mining man in Parral Chihuahua was killed by Villa bandits on November 5. It also notes other Americans were safe and property undamaged. Gray’s sister Mrs Bowman lives in El Paso. A messenger said he was hanged by Villa order. Government agents report another American Foster was mutilated and burned near Torreon.
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el Paso
Tex
Howard Gray
Parral
Chihuahua
Villa
Alvarado Mining and Milling Company
Gray
Bowman
Washington
Foster
Torreon
Plan to Relieve Car Shortage Across Regions
The American Railway Association proposes quick relief for car shortages by reallocating excess box cars from railroads. New England lines will hand over 30 percent excess to trunk and central freight routes, 20 percent excess to other lines, while Southern and Western railways contribute 10 percent and 20 percent respectively to their regional connections. Fairfax Harrison chairs the commission overseeing the move.
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New York
American Railway Association
South
Association
Car Service Commission
Fairfax Harrison
Southern Railway Company
New England Railroads
Central West
Peary Predicts Second Panama Canal Across Central America
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary addressed the Geographical Society of Philadelphia and forecast that the government would, within a few years, construct another major canal through the Central American Isthmus.
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Philadelphia
Robert E. Peary
Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Central American Isthmus
Danish and Spanish Ships Sunk
Lloyds reports submarines sank the Danish ship Julia Benito off London on December. The Danish and Spanish vessels were targeted in ongoing naval activity reported by Lloyds.
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London
Lloyd’s
Julia Benito
The Children's Code Moves for Missouri Legislation
A push in Missouri this winter seeks a Children s Code with 20 proposed laws drafted by a 21 member commission of social workers judges and others. The three key measures create county public welfare boards juvenile courts in every county and a county superintendent of child welfare to address destitute neglected and delinquent children and child labor issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
County Boards of Public Welfare
Cadmium Recovery Study Aims At Joplin Ore Waste
Missouri School of Mines Rolla to lead cadmium recovery research in the Joplin mining district. An expert will study oil flotation to reclaim cadmium from zinc ores. If successful, recovered cadmium could exceed current world market supply.
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Joplin
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
A. L. McRae
Missouri University At
Kansas City
McRae
New Jersey
Missouri
Sleeping Child In Stolen Auto From Front of House
Louis Pitti’s car was stolen in St Louis while he left it briefly. His four year old daughter slept on the back seat as the automobile was taken with the child inside.
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Louis Pitti
St. Louis
Pitti
Elder Aaron D States dies at home in Greenfield
Elder Aaron D States, an orator and writer, died at his home in Greenfield. He previously worked as a Kansas City reporter and later served as editor of the Republican in Lamarr and a Springfield newspaper.
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Aaron D. States
Greenfield
Kansas City
Republican
Lamar
Springfield
State Normal School Seeks 326000 Appropriation
At the annual meeting the board of regents decided to ask the next legislature for a 326000 appropriation for the state normal school at Springfield for the biennial period.
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State Normal School
Springfield
Board of
Regents
Trustees Named for Missouri Valley College in Marshall
St Louis and Kansas City men chosen as members of the board of trustees. They are expected to be a big influence in the campaign to raise 300000 dollars for endowment and buildings for Missouri Valley College in Marshall.
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Marshall College
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri Valley College
Marshall
Missouri Valley
Boy Killed by Motor Near Lexington
Five year old son of Thad E Robinson was run over and killed by a motor car near Lexington recently.
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Thad E. Robinson
Lexington
Killed by His Own Gun in Hunting Accident
Hugh Brummett aged 23 of Longwood was killed instantly when a shotgun discharged while resting across a hollow log and aimed at the hunter. He paused to look into the log end as the weapon discharged. The report notes a Champion Rifle Shot at 8&4.
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Hugh Brummett
Brummett
Longwood
Gardner proposes Missouri state tax to cover educational deficit
Governor-elect Gardner told St. Louis educators that he would seek a 3 percent state tax next month, with 2 percent if not feasible. He warned of a projected $663,000 shortfall by January 1, 1917 and a larger aggregate deficit, proposing revenue from theaters, pool halls, tobacco, licenses, a poll tax, oil taxes, and mortgage records. He noted the inheritance tax would not pass constitutional muster.
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Gardner
Missouri
St. Louis
Supreme Court
St Louis Brewery to Close Amid Prohibition Progress
The Excelsior brewery of St Louis will close January 1 due to prohibition progress. Manager Paul Schaus said the brewery founded over fifty years ago by Julius Winkelmeyer has earned little money recently. The plant sits on $1,000,000 worth of property and is owned by the St Louis Brewing Association.
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St. Louis
Excelsior Brewery
Paul Schaus
Julius Winkelmeyer
St. Louis Brewing Association
Excelsior
Missouri borrows funds to cover professors salaries
At the Missouri University quarterly board meeting in Kansas City a $50,000 loan was obtained from the German American Bank of St. Joseph to cover current expenses and salaries. Earlier in the year another $50,000 was borrowed from Commerce Trust Company of Kansas City, followed by a second $50,000 loan from Mississippi Valley Trust Company of St. Louis.
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University of Missouri
Board of Curators
Kansas City
German-American Bank of
St. Joseph
Commerce Trust Company of
Mississippi Valley Trust Company of
St. Louis
Bombard Theater With Eggs After Victory Over Kansas
Missouri students celebrate a football win by bombarding a Columbia theater with eggs at 50 cents a dozen. They tried to storm the interior but were repelled, leaving the lobby smeared like a futurist mural with a strong odor from the eggs.
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University of Missouri
University of Kansas
Columbia
Kansas
Corn fungus kills five Pettis county steers
R. N. Lower, a leading Pettis county stock raiser, reports five large steers dead after eating ergot on a corn stalk field where blue grass grew. He believes the fungus on the stalks caused the deaths.
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R. N. Lower
Pettis County
Pettis County Pioneer Alden Ramsayer Dies at 58
Alden M. Ramsayer aged 58 dies four miles southwest of Lamonte. Born in Ohio he lived in Pettis County fifty four years. Survived by widow and five children.
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Pettis County
Alden M. Ramsayer
Ohio
Lamonte
Boy Hunter Dies From Wound
Eight year old Willie Shelton dies in Springfield hospital from accidental gunshot wound while hunting with two brothers. Parents reside in Grenada.
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Boy Hunter
Willie Shelton
Springfield
Grenada
Centralia Shifts Jail to Steam Laundry
After forty five years Centralia ends its jail era as arrests decline. The city council rents the former jail to a firm for a steam laundry, citing a decade long local option policy as the cause of the change.
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Centralia
Boy Evangelist Reverend M T Martin Dies at 30
The Rev. M. T. Martin known as Tommy Martin the boy evangelist aged 30 died at Ex celsior Springs after an appendicitis operation. He had preached since age fourteen and was a well known Christian minister in the Middle West.
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M. T. Martin
Excelsior Springs
Middle West
Tommy” Martin
Corn Show Sets Price Record at Saline County Auction
At Saline county's second annual corn show and seed corn auction in Marshall a bushel of Boone county white corn grown by Henry Akeman of Miami sold for 100 dollars. Three hundred seventy five bushels sold with an average price of five dollars per bushel.
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Saline County
Marshall
Boone County
Henry Akeman
Miami
Practical Pair and the Jibways in a Quiet Marriage
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip depicts the Jibways as happily married though detached from inner life. Mrs Jibway is clubbound and busy, while Mr Jibway is consumed by business and has long forgotten his soul.
Soap and Ointment Ad Promises Youthful Skin
An advertisement touts Cuticura cleansers and emollients for clear skin and healthy hair with a free sample by mail. Address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Night Work Scrambles Keys With New Ring System
Mrs Flatbush notes 80 keys may be more accessible with a double keyring. It separates keys into groups making it harder to locate the correct keyhole as a man searches for the right group to grab his night key.
Could Love Be Neighborly Enough to Work Constantly
A reflection on devotion to others suggests that true neighborly love would require nonstop labor, leaving little time for rest or personal needs. The point emphasizes selfless service as an ideal, not a practical rule.
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